I just received my 6166 Residency Certificate yesterday and I would like to help out everyone who needs one. You can actually have this done from Korea and the US government will mail you the Residency Certificate.

First of all, the fastest way to get this done is to E-Pay the government by credit card or checking account. Below is the link to the E-Pay website. If you do not E-Pay, you can not do the below steps.

If you're in Korea, what you have to do is use a scanner to scan the document. Then save it as a PDF document. After, use a free .PDF to fax website to send your PDF document as a fax. Use the website below.

My school admin assistant is requesting a US tax address certificate from me at the last minute after accepting a copy of my US address for tax filing until today. Can't my local Korea Tax Service office verify my residency status with the IRS via their system or office phone? If not, how could they verify a document is authentic? I'm seeing it takes a minimum of 45 days to get a form 6166 though my school doesn't call it that. I only think it's a 6166 they want from Googling, "US residency tax address certificate," as my school called it today.

What other documents might satisfy this last minute requirement? A copy of my 2010 tax filing?

My school admin assistant is requesting a US tax address certificate from me at the last minute after accepting a copy of my US address for tax filing until today. Can't my local Korea Tax Service office verify my residency status with the IRS via their system or office phone? If not, how could they verify a document is authentic? I'm seeing it takes a minimum of 45 days to get a form 6166 though my school doesn't call it that. I only think it's a 6166 they want from Googling, "US residency tax address certificate," as my school called it today.

What other documents might satisfy this last minute requirement? A copy of my 2010 tax filing?

What about your US license? would that work?

Even if it takes you two months to get the 6166, it's retroactive, so you'll get your taxes back that they take out.

Turned out I didn't need it. I was going to owe tax either way. They also thought I might need to gather all my receipts, but instead were able to take the total amount I spent on food and utilities listed in my bank book and use that as a deduction amount which was half of my total income. It would be bad if tax were a huge sum taken at the end. I was concerned, but not so much so now.

Turned out I didn't need it. I was going to owe tax either way. They also thought I might need to gather all my receipts, but instead were able to take the total amount I spent on food and utilities listed in my bank book and use that as a deduction amount which was half of my total income. It would be bad if tax were a huge sum taken at the end. I was concerned, but not so much so now.

I'm wondered why you didn't need it, as I'm not sure if I need it either. I have been in Korea over 2 years now, and never filled out the 8802 form or anything. My 1st year and a half was at a hagwon, and I honestly can't remember if they took taxes out. Now I'm nearly finished with my first public school contract, and they haven't taken out any taxes.

To qualify for tax exemption, form 6166, do you need to work for a public school? So a private school wont count? What if you work for a private company that puts you in a public school? So your services are in a public school but your employer is a private company. Do you still qualify for tax exemption?